Sales-book making and printing machine.



A. 0. NORTH.

SALES BOOK MAKING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1909.

1,010,677, Patented De0..5,1911.

2 SEEETSSHBET 1.

" w w acuuy A. 0. NORTH; SALES BOOKMAKING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111 1111909.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

19% human T e a *AI-FRED 0. NORTH, OF asmine, INDIANA.

- sams-sdokm ma AND rRINTING MA'cHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, Aware C. NORTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain .new and useful Improvements in Sales-Book Making andPrinting Machines, of which the folan improvement m a machine forprinting.

lowing is a specification. I This invention relates to improvements inprinting machines and more particularly to sales books, the object ofthe invention being to provide a device of this character in which oneor more printing presses work in I Ioratmg machinery and a cutt1ng1nechaconjunction with numbering machines, pernism and feedingand rollunwindii. mechanisms whereby paper from one, or more rolls of thesame ordifferent paper and of the same or different colors may be printed.Further objects and advantages of the inyention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows:

i In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of theentire machine with the exception of the folding'device.

, F 2 is a plan View of the machine, Fig. 3

is a rear end elevation of a portion of said machine illustrating anadjust-able take-up, guide, and helper, -and pull-back rollers, Fig. 4is a plan view of means for accelerating. or retarding the unwinding ofthe paper. Fig. 5 is a side viewof the perforat-or, Fig. 6 is a planview of the perforator.

A folding device may be added to the machine-after the knife, but thisfolding (leviceiforms no part of the present invention and it isaccordingly not claimed.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the bed of tliemiachinecomprises an elevated portion 5 and a depressed portion 6, said framebeing supported upon legs 7 which are braced and tied together by suit-,able cross bars8. Motion is imparted to the entire structure by belt 9which passes 'aroundpullcy, 10, said pulleybeing fixed to shaft 11 whichis the main shaft of the entire mechanism. The gear wheels hereinafterdescribed are ordinary spur gear gvheels andtheir positions have merelybeen indicated to aid in preserving the clcarness I of the drawing.Indicated gear wheel 12 is fixedly mounted upon shaft 11 and engagesSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Dem 1'911 ApplicationfiledApril 2,

1909. Serial No. 487,483.

tion 5 of the frame. The indicated gearv 14 which also meshes with gear12 operates the mechanism mounted upon the depressed portion 6 of themachine," the last named gear.

being journaled to frame 15 by a pin 16. 17 designates a second threadedopeningfor pin 16 whereby the gear 14 may be mounted in anotheradjustment. 18 designates.- a third threaded opening for a similar pin18. carrying an indicated extra gear 19 for reversing the movementof theentire mechanism mounted upon the depressed portion 6 of the machineframe. This extra gear 19 is removedwhen gear 14 is mounted in the.uppermost position indicated in Fig. 1.

When the mechanisms upon the depressed part ofthe frame are rotating inone direc tion the drive is from the gear12 directly through gear 14 togear 22, gear 14 atthistime being mounted upon the pin 16,'hut whenthesemechanisms are to run in the opposite direction, the idle gear 19is interposed by mounting it upon the pin 18', this idle gear at thattime meshing with the gear 12 and with the gear 14, it being understoodthat at this time the gear 14 is lowered by inserting its pivotalmounting in the opening 17, though the gear 14 still remains in meshwith the gear 22.

The reason for sometimes reversing the movement of the mechanismmountedupon the depressed portion -of the machine. frame, as well as the reasonfor having the, web

alternately tight and loose and having itsometimes retarded andsometimes accelerated, will be clearer if it is remembered that thereare two great classes of salesbooks at present in use, both of which maybe made by this machine. These classes are grocers books and drygocdsbooks, the drygoods books being made from a single web, while thegrocers books comprise two webs. In dry-goods books the margins are verywide, while in grocers books, the margins are very narrow. lVhenprinting drygoods books, the segments hereinafter described are rotatedin such direction with relation to the web that they become helpers tohelp the web along to take care of the wide margins of this class ofbooks. When grocers books are being made, the segments rotate in theopposite direction and become retarders to hold back the web on accountof the narrow margins of this class of books.

indicated gear 13, Fig. 1, which operates the 1 2O designates ananti-friction roller, the

I mechanism mounted upon the elevated por- I purpose of which will behereinafter dee scr bed.

The printing press indicated in a general way at 21 and located upon thede ressed 5 portion 6 of the frame of the mac ine is exactly likecorrespondin printing presses on the upper portion 5 0 the frame of themachine, and an explanation of one of these machines will serve as anexplanation of 1 both. The printin presses together-with the numberingmac ines serve as auxiliary unison and so that an indicated sprocket,

:.wheel 28 mounted upon shaft v25, will also rotate in unison with theprinting press and the numbering machine. A

Means for accelerating or retarding the unwindin of the paper Webs uponwhich the sales iooks, invoices, and the like are printed, are shown atthe right hand portion of Fig. 1 and in vFig. 4. 1 By referring to thesefigures, it-will be seen that bearing standards 29, the'legs of whichare tied together by cross bars 30, support spindles 31 upon. which thepaper rolls 32 and 33 are 35 mounted.- Upwardly inclined arms 34' of thebearing standard support swinging arms 35, said swinging arms beingpivotally connected to the upwardly extending arms by shafts 36 and 37.At'the outer ends of the 40 swinging arms arelocated shafts 38 and 39.

Cone pulleys 40 and 41 are-mounted upon the shafts 36 and 37 and conepulleys 42 and 43 are mounted upon the shafts 38 and 39. Indicated belts44 and 45 are adapted to be 45 shifted laterally by means of a beltshifter 46 into which. a transverse screw, 47 is threaded. A rod 48passes through this belt shifter and serves to guide it. A hand wheel 49serves to impart rotation to the 50 screw 47- to move the belt shiftertransversely between the arms 35 and since the cone pulleys 38 and 39are driven by'means of the belts 44 and 45 from the cone pulleys 40 and'41, it is apparent that the rate at which the paper rolls are unwoundmay thereby be varied. this unwinding being'accomplished by frictionrolls 50 and 51 ha ving rubber bands 52 mounted upon their peripheriesin contact with the peripheries ofJfthe paper rolls. Counterweights'53adjustable by means of set screws 54 are mounted upon rearwardextensions 55 of arms 35 and control the frictional contact of thefrictional rolls with the paper rolls. Sprocket wheels 56 are mountedupon the shafts 36 and 37 and indicated sprocketchains 57 and 58drive-these sprocket wheels,

motion being imparted to said sprocket chains from a portion of themachine hereinafter described.

A indicates the paper web from roll 32,

on to a perforating mechanism lnareinzifter described. 13 designatesanother slack paper 'web delivered from roll 33 and passing under themachine around bar 67, over roller 68 and under pull-back 69, then underbrake 70, through the numbering machine under bar 71, over bar 72 andthrough the printing press 21, then under bar 73, and over shaft 11,under the transverse bar 74, up to and over a transverse bar75 andbeneath the brake66, after which it follows the path of the Web A. C isa thirdweb usually of tissue paper and drawn from a roll 76 journaled.-in brackets 77. 4 This web enters the machine under brake 66 and itwill be noticed that it enters between the webs A and B. The brake ortension fingers 62, 64. 65, 66, 70, etc., prevent over-running of theslack portions of the webs when these slack portions are increased,owing to the acce1er ation of the webs by the action of the helpersegments such as 94, or the action upon the web of the printing ornumbering machines. In addition to this,'the guide collars 202.-hereinafter described, during this acceleration of the web, prevent sidemovement of the Web and preserve its transverse alinement.

The structure shown in Fig 3 is an adjustable upright take-up frame,consisting of side bars 78 which are pivotally mounted upon thetransverse rod 67, the inclination of the structure as a whole beingcontrolled 5 by screw rods 79 which are threaded in nuts 80 of the frameof the numbering nnichine and which turn loosely in HWHQl blocks 81carried by the side bars 78, said screw rodscarrying fixed collars82'located upon each side of said swivel block. Hand pin 83 providesmeans for turning the screw rods to thereby vary the inclination of theadjust- .able upright take-up frame as a whole.

Varying the inclination of the take-up frame, renders it possible tomorecompletcly control that portion of the web leading from the top ofthe take-up frame to the mechanisms which act upon said web. It will beseen that this is an important feature when it is considered that sheetsof 'arying I tween these members.

5 rod 109, this bar'being'u sed occasionally in tria ing' l n Sm -i' c.i I An indicated sprockeflchain 84 passes 'over sproektwheel28 andover'a sprocket wheel 85' .whichjis fast upon the shaft of "roller 68.A, Second sprocket wheel 86 is -a1saisc'ured to this shaft and rotatesthere- ;with. Alink belt 87 is engaged bythis last named sprocket wheeland hasmotion 'im parted thereto from said sprocket wheel. This linkbelt passes over an idler sprocket 88 and over an indicated sprocketwheel 88 -which. is 'fast upon a shaft 89. This shaft carries a helperor retardcr segmentQO, said 5 retarder segment'being adjustable uponsaid shaft by means of a set screw 92. This segment is provided with aleather or other i soft face 01. At its upper end, the link belt passesover an indicated sprocket wheel 92' 29 which is mounted upon a shaft93, said shaft carrying a helper or retarder segment 94 which isalsop'rm ided' with a leather or othersoftfae'e'95. The link belt alsopasses over an indicated sprocket wheel 96 mounted upon a shaft 97, itbeing understood that the helper or retarder segments are bodily",,rotate d and that their'sot't faces impinge upon the peripheries oftlierollers 08 and I 08, or rather upon the web s which"pass lie Theguides" 60 are laterally adjustable, upon fi xed woodenrollers 99 and100. To

accomplish this end, set screws l0 l.are provided, said set screws'passinglthrongh the 5 guides and entering said wooden rollers.

102 and l03 are anti tfriction' rollers that extend laterally betweenthe side bars of thc-upright take-up fra n iev'f- 1 A brake finger l04-i;s,-pi\-'otally mounted 40 upon a shaft l05 and it'sfree end bearsupon the. web at' the pointfwhere said web passes over thelanthfricti'onroller 01, v

The-arms 107 of'a" take-upba-r 198 are fastened to the side frames by athreaded securing registry between the pressand the perforator. Anindicated gear wheel 200 communicates motion from the last'press toindicated gear 201 operatingtaperforator.

Full details of these partsjare accurately shown in Figs, 5 a'nd'ti, andit is to be' understood that-in Fig. "1, certain ofthe parts areomitted, said figure serving merely to indicate theflotfation' ofthe'ra'rious mecha- 5 nisms with'jielation to each other. Adjust-'ablepaper', guide collars 202 (see Fig; 2) are placed on suitable crossrods throughout themachine and are used incconjunction' with brake ortension fingers 'such as are shown at 60, the general principle being,that wherever a' periodic slack" occurs in' the paper, guide collars areneeded immediately before or after and a tension finger immediof themaehfiire, f These collars inain't'ai;n the registry of the 'paperiwhilcthe tension [fingers preserve the "longitudinal register.="- 'The gear201' having forty-nine teeth; and loose on shaft 202', jouinaled inbearing'siof 7 side frames 203, operates ape'rforating in'chanism, (seeFigs. 5 and 6). The gearf201fis adj ustably fastened to the shaft 202;by'afs lotted segment 204. 'A gear205 is tothe other end of shaft 202' andactuates it gear 206 loose on shaft 207. Gear 207 adjustably fastened tosaid shaft by a slottdfsbginent 208. Fixedto shaft 202 is an iroiPiinvpression cylinder 209 covered with a hard *p'aper or soft metal tympanin'the usual way. Another iron cylinder 210'is fixed tdshaft207 and onsaid cylinder is adjustably scrwed or otherwise fastened one or morepeifor'a'tor holders 2ll'serewed to cylinder'in any place desired by achoice of any of a 'nuinberfof threaded openings 212. These'holderscarry astrip of steel perforating rule 2llsecuifed in place by. screws213, outer-maestro these perforating bars may be lmoiinted 'oncylinder-210 at the properplaces to secure registry, whieh, whensecured, is usuallythe same for all classes-of work of two lines of uperforations or more. For one line' (if-p er foration per revolution,any po sitioii' will' do,

[as the general 'registry is obtained by; :iinscrewing cap screw 2l5inslotted segiiient 204-. after which both cylinders "may' f beturned 'to'any desired point, the-gear 20 j remaining stationary and. preseiwing'the [general registry. WVhena given place iiiithe tympan is worn out bythe cbnstant'itnpact of the perfo'rating blade and a freshstrik ingplace is desired, then both of the cap screws. 215 and 216 are loosenedin their perspective slotted segments, after whi'ch impressioncylinder209 may be slightly turned while cylinder 210 and gear 201 remain stationary, whereby the general registry of the machine and perforatorblade 214 jren'1'iin unchanged. A cross plate 217 seryesto s'iipport thepaper and in some cases to detach it from the perforator or tympan'.A'roller 218 is 'journaled in side' frames 203, the

.pil1') l' passing under said roller on its way to tensionfinger 219.Intermediate gears 220, 221 and 222 are pinned to the brackets 223 and224 of frame 5, and conrey motion from g ar 20 1 to forty-nine toothgear 225. {This gear 225 is keyed to shaft. 220 j ournaledkeyed to theopposite end thereof."

On a rod 229, mounted i'nframes 227, yertieally "swings two arms 230,-cai rying'"a their outer ends a fixed drum or-papersinr 1 port-231 andfinger-21!) abovementioned'jA 125 threaded rod 232 passes "thrmigh"swivel blocks-1232, mounted upon arm's 230$A' hand in side, frames 227and having a gear 228 ately after said slack portion,'otherwise the, 65paper would notcontinue seeking the center 17in 232 serves to turn thisthreaded rod said rod being provided with fixed support;

ing collars 233 and-screwing at its lower end 3" into threaded nut 234to thereby raise and lower the paper web and act as a take-up betweenthe perforator and the knife.

Inside of gear 228 and loosely fitting around the outside of the box-inwhich shaft. 226 is journaled, fits one end ofa. bellcrank lever 235,the outer end of which carries a fixed stud 236 on which a loose gear237 is mounted, said gear meshing with and being moved by the gear 228.Also loose on stud 236 and fixed to gear 237 by a stud pin 238, isanother gear 239, both of saidggears being held on the stud by a nut240.- Atthelower end of lever'235 is a slotted opening 241 inwhich fitsa cap screw 242, said cap screw screwing into frame 227. This structurepermits adjustments of lever 235. The gear 239 meshes with and drives agear 243 which is fastenedto shaft 244 by set screw 245 or otherwise.Gears 228 and 237 may be of any size and interchangeable. Also gears 239and 243 may be of any size and interchangeable, and since sets of gearsof different sizes may be employed, it is apparent that' shaft244'may-be made to revolve at many different speeds, a .slowspeedcausing a short sheet of paper to be cutoff and the greater thespeed,'the longer the sheet.

The middleportion of shaft 244 is enlarged at 244, see Fig. 5, the paperweb passing .ov'ersaid enlarged portion which is in the form of aroller, said roller serving to pull the 'paperon its under surface. Theshaft 244 is journaled in side frames 227 and at its opposite end'carries a fixed gear 246 engaging a gear 247 which is fixed to a shaft248. This shaft is journaled in throwoif arms 249 having fixed to theirouter ends a slightly grooved cross plate 250 which is raised in Figs. 5and 6 and lowered, and engages the paper in Figs. 1 and 2.

Adjustably fixed by set-screws or otherwise, to shaft 248 is a set offeed wheels251 another similar gear 257, both engaging two similar fortynme tooth gears 258 keyed to short shafts 259, journaled in verticalsupports 260. These shafts'have keyed to their innerv ends, arms 261having keyed in their outer ends, knife holder pins 262 to which isbolted or otherwise fastened a V cutting knife 263. This knife has ashear cut beginningv at each' outer end and severing the paper at thecenter. Since, while being cut,

the-paper'is temporarily obstructed by the knife, as the feed is incontinuous motion pushing the paper forward, it is obvious thatsuchnbstruction should be of as short duration as possible. By cuttingfrom outside to center, the angle or shear may be doublethat of cuttingclear across. and the y pap r obstructed no longer. Thus, by this meansI secure a self-sharpening clean out p kmfe'and double the cuttingangle. Fastened to frame 227 is the lowerstraightflexible blade 264. Theouter cutting corners ofknife 263 are slightly dressed off at 265 toprevent riding on said knife. Since long sheets are obstructedproportionally greater than short ones, grooved cross. plate 250 whendown is sufficiently above cross plate 252: and rib253 for the paper tomove freely while rib 253 slightly kinks or bends the paper upward.Thus, while the knife is ob- .structingthe paper and. the feed isforcing it forward it simply kinks or bends farther upward into thehollow of plate 250 only to spring forward and regain its normalpositionagain when said knife passes by. Bolted to lower forward end ofside frame 227 is an arm '266-pivoted to outer end of which is anoscillating upright bar-267, carrying loosely 'on its upper endaconnecting rod about knife-holder pins 262. Inward pro- 'ectious'270'andI27l,-a part of boxes 269,

have bolted to their undersides a cross bar 272 with depressor fingers 273 fastenedto their under sides. \Vhile gears 258 through arms 261revolve knife 263 as a single piece, fingers 272 have a circular motionup and down, following the knife and restrained from turning around bythe arm 268, the knife holder pins 262 turning in the box 269. Thusfingers 273 become a fly to depress the severed sheets which fall upon atable 274 fastened to frames 227 and provided atits outer end with afastened back stop27 5. To

set the knifefto cut the web at the proper place, intermediate gear 252-may e detached by removing the pin, after which, the

'268 with 'ts outer end forming a box' 269 knife may be turned to anypoint and again gear 252 being fixed, the. paper is cut in 311-.

other place without the general reglsterbeing changed. For slightchanges inciltting, drum 231 may be raised or lowered'by screw rods 232,while the machine'is in motion and the same is true of other Ztake-upbars through the machine. The various braking or tension finger-s'strain the paper from continuing-1t dons ward movement by inertia orthepullzl'of static electricity after the printing pares-m lease thepaper. In most rotarypiresses', .the plates are continued around thecylinders but in this machine they occupy only a small segment of thefaceof the cylinderand while these plates are actually engaged with thepaper web, they shove the web forward much faster than the feed rollerstake it up and it is the'function of the tension fingers to stop theforward movement of the web as i the printed parts, they will not pullthe tion.

soon as it is released by the printing plates. Since the feed rollers251 are only three narrow rollers runnmg'on the margins between paperthrough the machine withouttearing it. If for instance, the sheets orleaves of a bookare to be six inches long and the feed rollers feed theweb that distance during a completerevolution,.it is apparent that thepress printing with a six inch plate, which only takes up one-fourth ofthe surface of oing too far by the tension fingers. The

same-thing is true of theperforating and numbering mechanisms. That is,these mechanisms act as auxiliaryfecds in the mannerabove set forth.

As .to the mode of operation, it may be first said that the machine maybe run without number attachments, or without perforators or evenwithout resscs as is com-.

mon in making blank pads. The demand for the various. products widelyexists wherever there are merchants or business men.

ll'hile I am aware that other machines mostly with reciprocating parts,irregular movements, and bed and platen presses have been constructedfor similar purposes, and also rapid machines making only a single sizenook have been made, yet, this machine is rotary throughout. simple, andvery rapid. This machine is easily adjusted to make any length and widthof leaf and actually can make nearly all of the non-duplicating,duplicating and tr plicating blanks so common and useful in themercantile trades. The only time that this machine could run with atight web from the roll is when the length of sheet is practically thesame as thedist-ancc around the printing cylinders. It is then a onesize sheet machine and in that case,when using a tight web, no paperunwinding device is needed. But since it is frequently desired to varythe size of the.

sheets, it will be seen that the various takeup and hold-back devicesfor the slack web are of the utmost importance.

The machine is shown threaded in Fig. 1 with three webs traced to thepoint (36 to where they come together and travel as one web betweenperforating cylinders and to the knife mechanism. This illustratesreadily to one versed in the art, the mode of opera; tion in one classof. triplicate work. If duplicate work is desired, then paper roll 76 isnot used. If it is desired to print and number on both sides of a singleweb, common to what are called dry goods backs, then web A or B may beused, but it enters the machine over-rod 74; (when tension linger 276 isused) under rod 72, over rod7l under rod 70, around 103 and 102, afterwhich, it follows the course of web A: before shown; but inthis case,the lower portion of the machine is reversed as before explained by theuse of idlegear 19.

Since anyone skilled in the art can easily see the various ways ofthreading and means of manipulating by the explanation above given tosecure the various results desired, entering into the subject furtherwould seem unnecessary.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple andefficient.- means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects ofthe invention. but while the elements shown and described are welladapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to beunderstood that the invention is-not limited to the precise constructionset forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be madewithin-the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a salesbook printing machine, the combination with a pair ofprinting ma .chines,'of means for driving one of said machines either inthe same direction or in the opposite direction to the other of saidmachines, means for feeding an alternately tight and loose web throughsaid machines. a rotative segment means for driving said segmentfrom oneof said printing machines. said segment acting when said last namedprinting machine is driven in one direction.

to accelerate said web, and acting when said printing machine is drivenin the opposite direction, to retard said web.

2. In a salesbookprinting machine, the combination with a pairofprinting machines, of m ans for driving one of said runchines either, inthe same direction or in the opposite direction to the other of saidmachines, means for feeding an alternately tight and loose web throughsaid machines. a. rotatiye segment means for driving said segmentfrom'one of said printing machines. said segment acting.;when said lastnamed printing machine is driven in one direction. to accelerate saidweb. and actingwhen said printing machine is driven .in the oppositedirection. to retard said web, a manually operable swinging frame inwhich said segment is mounted, and a feed roller in said frame overwhich the web is threaded and with which said segment co-acts.

3. In a salesbook printing machine, the combination with a pair ofprinting machines, of means for driving one of said machines either inthe same direction or in the opposite direction to the other of saidmachines, means for feeding an alternately tight and loose web throughsaid machines,

a rot-atire segment. nieans'for driving said segment from one of saidprinting machines, said segment acting when said last named printingmachine is driven in one direction,

- means tor conducting and supporting an alternately tight and loose webto said printing elements, Said printing elements acting upon said webduring a portion of their rotation only, and during the time that theyact. upon said web, serving to accelerate the same, bars disposed bothin advance and in rear of said printing elements, and brake tingerseo-acting with said bars to prevent overthrow of the web when said webis accclerated.

in a salesbool: inalv'ing and printing,

machine, the. combination with a. plurality ot rotative printingelements, of feeding means for conducting and supporting an alternatelytight and loose web to said printmg elements, said printing elementsacting upon said web during a portion of their rotation only and duringthe time that they act upon said'web serving to accelerate the same,bars disposed both in advance and inrear of said printing elements,brake fingers co'acting with 'said bars to prevent overthrow of the webwhen said web is accelerated, and guide collars carried by said bars tomaintain the transverse alinement of the web.

6. in a salesbook making and printing machine, the combination with aplnralitr ot' rotative printing elements, of feeding means forconducting and supporting an alt'ernately tightand loose web to saidprinting elements, said printing elements acting upon said web during aportion of their rotation only and during the time that they act uponsaid web, serving to acceler:-te the same, bars disposed both in advanceand in rear of said printing elements, brake fingers eoacting with saidbars to prevent overthrow of the web when said web i's accelen atcd,guidr collars carried by said bars to maintain the transverse alinementof the web, feed rollers over which the web passes, a rotative memberacting in conjunction therewith, and means for driving said mum her ineither direction, whereby it n'niy'be caused to accelerate or retard theweltrat will.

in testimony whereof atlix my signature in presence. of two witnesses.

ALFRED f. Ntilt'lll.

\Vitnesseu BESSIE Monm' Joy,

ll. Nou'rn.

